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- the present invention relates to lighting, and other load, controls. More specifically, this invention relates to lighting, and other load, controls that work in conjunction with an occupancy sensor. Even more specifically, this invention relates to passive infrared (“PIR”) occupancy sensors utilizing a pyroelectric sensor.
- PIR passive infrared
- a PIR sensor is an electronic device which measures infrared light radiating from objects in its predetermined area and/or field of view. PIRs detect motion when an infrared source with one temperature, such as a human, passes in front of an infrared source with another temperature, such as a wall.
- PIR occupancy sensors utilize a pyroelectric sensor that has an analog voltage output. This output is amplified and filtered using a high gain operational amplifier in order to interface with conventional logic and/or microcontrollers.
- Noise sources in the signal path include signal noise, thermal noise, power supply noise, transients from the AC main supply lines, and switching noise from a relay or TRIode for Alternating Current (“Triac”) (a bidirectional electronic switch that can conduct current in either direction when it is triggered), as well as radiated noise from the environment.
- Triac Alternating Current
- Another source of noise [from the point of view of the sensor signal] is radiated signals from an [wireless] RF communication means such as a BlackberryTM device or other similar device.
- a high gain amplifier is likely to pick up these transmissions, along with additional power supply noise generated by the current pulses from the transmission. This kind of noise is difficult to filter out using analog filtering. In fact, for some signals it may be that the transmission cannot be filtered out.
- a passive infrared-based occupancy sensor load control including a digital output motion sensor that produces a digital output signal and transmits the digital output signal along a signal path independent of analog amplification and filtering is provided.
- the digital output signal can indicate the presence or absence of motion.
- the load control can also include a microprocessor coupled to the signal path. The microprocessor may receive and process the digital output signal.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art circuit typically used with an analog output passive infrared output sensor.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a basic circuit for a digital sensor according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a circuit according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 is an illustrative flow diagram of a preferred embodiment of a method according to the invention.
- Using a digital output pyroelectric sensor may allow for the elimination of the analog amplification and filtering, which will improve the signal to noise ratio and make the product less susceptible to periodic and or transient noise.
- Such digital pyroelectric sensors are commercially available, for example, as the DigiPyroTM family parts PYD1978, PYD 1988 manufactured by Perkin Elmer, Inc., of Waltham, Mass.
- the large gain amplifier and filter introduce significant noise into the signal. It follows that by using the large gain amplifier and filter, existing sensors lose information about noise in the PIR signal prior to amplification and filtering.
- the pyroelectric sensor responds to thermal energy in the environment as well as thermal energy from people.
- the filters found in existing sensors generally have a lowpass filter of around 1 second, and a large time constant. The term “one second” to describe the filter is used for the following reason.
- human motion frequencies are in the range of 0.1-1 Hz.
- the filters are typically designed around this frequency and the filter attenuates DC components, which typically depend on temperature and vary greatly with the manufacturing processes, and higher frequencies which are generated not by human body motion but by other existing noise factors.
- the senor looks at the change in the signal and not the signal itself. As such, any frequency information about the signal below this cutoff is lost.
- the frequency information that is lost is typically outside the frequency band of from about 0.25-1 Hz to from about 10-15 Hz or other suitable frequencies.
- the digital signal path occupancy sensor can have access to the noise information related to the PIR signal as well as to frequency information that otherwise would have been filtered out by the lowpass filter.
- a manual-ON sensor vacancy sensors
- An automatic-ON sensor is a lighting system that is turned ON in response to a signal from a sensor that corresponds to the presence of a heat-source, such as a human, in a predetermined area and/or field of view.
- load controls using systems according to the invention can also be implemented.
- load controls may include turning the load ON or OFF and/or dimming the load as needed.
- Such load control may be achieved, in certain embodiments, using either a relay or a thyristor—e.g., the triac described above.
- the load controls may be implemented to control only a light or a lighting device to the exclusion of controlling other devices such as controlling a security system using the motion sensor according to the invention.
- the load control may be implemented to control various loads such as fans, heating, vacuum and air conditioning systems (“HVAC”), security systems, electronically operable window shades and/or any other suitable electronic loads.
- HVAC heating, vacuum and air conditioning systems
- a PIR based occupancy sensor load control according to the invention preferably includes an embodiment wherein the PIR signal is processed only digitally. This processing preferably occurs independently of analog amplification and filtering. In certain embodiments of the invention, a range and/or sensitivity adjustment can be implemented via digital signal processing.
- the PIR based occupancy sensor load control may also act to control a load using a relay as the load control.
- the load control may be a dimmer.
- a PIR based occupancy sensor load control may also include a visible indicator of a soon to expire time-out of the load.
- a visible indicator may be adapted to produce some sequence of dimming and brightening the controlled light to warn the occupant that lights will turn OFF soon.
- the visible indicator may also include a brightness level display that is used to indicate duration of a delayed-off time period. The brightness level display may also be used to indicate the dim level of the light.
- An alternative embodiment of the invention may include a PIR occupancy sensor lighting control that displays the level of ambient light measured on an LED display.
- a PIR occupancy sensor lighting control may include a programming mode, wherein user adjustments including but not limited to sensitivity adjustments are programmed digitally.
- One embodiment of such a programming mode may be entered by pressing and holding the ON/OFF button for a predetermined period of time.
- Another embodiment of such a programming mode may be entered by pressing the ON/OFF button and the bright button substantially simultaneously for a predetermined period of time.
- FIG. 1 shows a conventional passive infrared occupancy sensor circuit 100 that utilizes a pyroelectric sensor 102 that has an analog voltage output 104 .
- Circuit 100 also typically includes comparator 106 which provides an output that indicates whether motion has been detected.
- Circuit 100 also typically includes an operational amplifier 108 to amplify the signal corresponding to the output from sensor 102 .
- VCC is 5V and the signal corresponding to the output from sensor 102 is referenced to 1 ⁇ 2 VCC (via a resistor divider that includes resistors 110 and 112 .)
- Other resistors 114 , 116 , 118 , 120 , 122 , 124 , and 126 as well as capacitors 128 , 130 , 132 , 134 , 136 , 138 and 140 may be present for conditioning the signal corresponding to the output from sensor 102 in order to adapt the signal for use by microprocessor 140 .
- Microprocessor 140 preferably controls an LED/Display 142 associated with a load control (not shown) as well as the load itself, which is shown as the load_control line 144 .
- an output signal level can indicate that motion is present by varying both positively and negatively around the reference.
- circuits according to the invention are adapted to receive the signals directly from the motion sensor. Accordingly, circuits according to the invention preferably process raw signals from the sensor substantially independent of any further signal conditioning. Using a preferably substantially entirely digital signal path allows for the creation of digital signal processing algorithms that characterize the PIR signal on the scale of milliseconds, thus improving the reaction of the algorithms by more than an order of magnitude over conventional passive IR sensors.
- FIG. 2 shows a basic circuit 200 for a digital sensor having a digital signal path according to the invention.
- Circuit 200 includes microprocessor 202 , digital output sensor 204 , load_control 206 , and LED/Display 208 .
- a practical implementation of circuit 200 may include a bypass capacitor (not shown) or other filtering components for stabilizing the VCC connection.
- motion may be detected by sensor 204 .
- sensor 204 may provide an output signal to microprocessor 202 .
- sensor 204 may be implemented independently of any additional signal conditioning components. Instead, the output signal of sensor 204 may be directly fed into microprocessor 202 .
- microprocessor 202 can control load_control 206 and LED/Display 208 .
- sensor 204 may be implemented with only a minimum of additional signal conditioning components.
- FIG. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of a circuit 300 according to the invention.
- Circuit 300 preferably includes a microprocessor 302 , sensor 304 , load_control 303 , and LED/Display 305 —similar to the elements of circuit 200 shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 3 also shows various other modules which are controlled by, or provide signals to, microprocessor 302 . These modules include photocell module 306 .
- the photocell module allows the sensor to be set to turn light ON only when it is dark in the room or a certain light level is present in the room.
- These modules also include bright/dim buttons 308 which allow a user to manually adjust light level in case of a dimming sensor, zero crossing detection circuit 310 that may be necessary for dimmer control or to synchronize switching with zero crossing, indication module 312 that displays relative light level preferably with an LED bar, connector with the power supply board 314 , wired communication line transmitter (YW Transmitter) 316 , occupancy display signal 318 , optical serial communication port 320 , wired communication line receiver 322 , switch control signal 324 , and microcontroller reset pin 326 .
- YW Transmitter wired communication line transmitter
- Algorithms according to the invention improve the distinction between thermal energy from the environment and thermal energy from a human, and allow for filters that may adaptively change depending on the signal conditions.
- FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of an exemplary algorithm 400 according to the invention.
- the algorithm may initiate by reading (or otherwise receiving) digital PIR sensor output, as shown in step 402 . Thereafter, for the purposes of use by the algorithm, the acquired value may be passed through a bypass second order (or higher) digital filter with approximate exemplary cutoff frequencies of about 1 Hz and about 10 Hz, as shown in step 404 .
- the cutoff frequencies may be between about 0.25-1 Hz to about 10-15 Hz, or any other suitable set of cutoff frequencies as required for the algorithm. It should be noted that, as described above, the circuits according to the invention can recover information outside the frequency cutoff bands, nevertheless, for the purpose of the algorithm, the information outside the cutoff bands may not be necessary.
- Step 406 shows comparing the conditioned—i.e., filtered—signal with a decision threshold.
- the decision threshold can be set manually or calculated based on the received signal's parameters.
- Step 412 shows that the acquired signal may also be passed through a low pass filter to select a DC component of the signal. Thereafter, (or, alternatively, following step 404 ) the conditioned—i.e., filtered as shown in either step 404 or step 412 —signal may be passed through a low pass filter to analyze the trend (time constants for rising and falling values can be different) to use in calculation for an adaptive threshold.
- Step 416 shows calculating the adaptive threshold based on signal conditions such as, for example, light state (ON or OFF), time since switching light ON or OFF and occupancy signal frequency.
- Step 418 shows reading manual controls (settings and options), including include photo cell(s), temperature indicators, and other sensors.
- Step 406 shows comparing the conditioned signal as conditioned in step 404 with the threshold formulated in step 416 .
- Step 408 shows generating a control signal for a switch or Triac to control the light at least in part in response to the comparison formed in step 406 .
- Step 410 shows an optional step of communicating information such as, for example, the information relating to the threshold, with other sensors and/or lighting controls.
- the microcontroller can implement different coefficients or cutoff frequencies for the digital filters described in steps 404 and/or 416 . Such different coefficients and/or different cutoff frequencies may result in improved control by affecting the signal and not the noise.
- Occupancy sensors also typically have a time delay, and, for automatic-ON models, an ambient light level adjustment. Adjustments to the time delay and the ambient light level can generally be controlled via the microprocessor.
- Yet a further embodiment of the invention deals with setting the various adjustments described above from a “programming mode” of the load control product. It is common for many load control products to have a ‘programming mode’, which allows the user to set certain parameters. However, for existing PIR sensors, it is not common to have a programming mode wherein the user can adjust the major settings because these settings are typically part of the analog circuitry. With the digital signal path according to the invention, it is possible for all settings to be performed as part of a ‘programming mode’.
- the methods and systems of the above-referenced embodiments may also include other additional elements, steps, computer-executable instructions, or computer-readable data structures.
- other embodiments are disclosed herein as well that can be partially or wholly implemented on a computer-readable medium, for example, by storing computer-executable instructions or modules or by utilizing computer-readable data structures.
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